California’s Central Valley and Central Coast produce 99% of the olives grown in the United States. The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, first discovered in California in the Los Angeles area in ...

Yes, you can grow olive trees from pits - but no, you can't just use your leftover pits from grocery store olives. Here's ...

Olives basking in sunny California groves might find that their new best friend is a small brown wasp. Known to scientists as Psyttalia cf. concolor, the little wasp can help foil the olive fruit fly, ...

Olive trees are resilient, don’t mind the drought or rocky soils, and can provide a bounty of olives for the table and or the press. But there is a fly in the olive oil that threatens the crop. Contra ...

Drinking olive fruit water can fuel your workout naturally, suggests a new study. New research has found that a natural by-product of olive oil production could potentially have antioxidant benefits ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2007), pp. 3-8 (6 pages) The time of olive harvest of both oil and table cultivars can have a profound influence on the yield, oil quality, and the ...

New research has found that olive fruit water, a by-product typically thrown away during olive oil production, could have exercise benefits. The study tested olive fruit water during exercise and ...

While the olive may or may not be the choice of garnish for your cocktail (for James Bond it certainly wasn’t), this fruit has established itself in multiple civilizations since time immemorial. And ...

A convenient walking bridge between Corning’s Skate Park and Lennox Park connected the 78th Annual Corning Olive Festival and Car Show in what was one of the largest ...